Deputy Marshal Quilter
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- Jul 10, 1894Troops Take the Yards as Seattle Braces for the Great Railroad StrikeRegular artillery, deputy marshals and a nervous militia dig in across the city — even hauling the state's rifles up to the university for safekeeping — as the 1894 Pullman boycott reaches Puget Sound.Seattle, WA
- Jul 14, 1894The Northern Pacific Offers Strikers a Last Chance—With Strings AttachedGeneral Manager Kendrick says former employees can reapply after the Pullman strike, but only if they were not leaders or agitators—and they will rank behind the men hired to replace them.Seattle, WA
- Jan 10, 1895Acquitted at Noon, Back in Handcuffs by One O'ClockFrank Goodrich spent five months in the county jail awaiting trial on a charge of enticing Chinese laborers. A federal jury cleared him — and he tasted freedom for only a few minutes before a deputy marshal seized him on a fresh complaint.Seattle, WA
- Jan 29, 1895The Night Federal Agents Made Chinatown Show Its PapersA certificate sweep through Wa Chong’s rooms broke up card games and opium pipes and netted one man accused of lying in a deportation case.Seattle, WA
- May 28, 1895The Flower Seller's Valise Held a Counterfeiter's DieZ. M. Hawkins, who sold bouquets at Second and University, was held for trial after officers found a counterfeit dollar and a coin-making die—and a trail leading to a Mexican-dollar exchange in San Francisco.Seattle, WA